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Walk the line of lunacy, follow your bliss!
Whatever you believe in, let it take over your Life. Simply be led by your bliss. And then watch the road unfold and doors open for you!
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This morning's Times of India (TOI) had this inspiring story of a rickshaw puller from Kolkata, Satyen Das, 40, who has embarked, this past weekend, on a 2,500-km adventure to Leh, Ladakh. Das will go through Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir, before reaching Leh – on his rickety, old cycle-rickshaw. He says it's his desire to explore the country that drives him. Eight years ago, he kept his word to his wife and son, and took them to Puri in Odisha in his rickshaw. He says that trip opened his eyes, and his heart, and ever since he has been wanting to do a longer, and more arduous, trip. Das makes a living, earning just about Rs.200/- a day, ferrying passengers to and from the Gitanjali Metro station in Naktala, in Kolkata. But when he shared his dream with people around him, everyone got together and soon a sum of Rs.5,000/- was collected helping Das set off on this incredible journey. Members of a local Kolkata club have promised to keep collecting funds for him and have given him an ATM card which will help him draw those funds anywhere on his four-month-long journey. Debashish, the local club official who is raising money for him, told TOI's Prithvijit Mitra, that Das' an exceptionally brave adventurer: "He is quiet and unassuming but he has a streak of madness, a penchant for taking risks and exploring the unknown. He is a dreamer."
I found Das' story fascinating. A school drop-out and a daily wage earner goes on to follow his bliss and pursue his dream, while many of us struggle with earning-a-living and complain incessantly that we don't have the Life that we want. I think the critical difference between us and Das is what Debashish has pointed out – we don't follow the streak of madness within us, so we don't take the plunge – the risk! To be sure, we are also dreamers, we also have the urge to explore the unknown. But we suppress our urge, and our practical sense of what we think is "secure living" – a fixed income per month, the education of our children and retirement funds being planned – keeps our feet nailed to the ground. So we are risk-averse. And wallow in self-pity that we have been unable to do what we want in Life.
None of us is growing any younger. As the Persian poet Omar Khayyam (1048 AD ~1131 AD) has said: "The Wine of Life keeps oozing drop by drop; the Leaves of Life keep falling one by one." So, postponing living, postponing what gives us joy, is hardly an intelligent thing to do. I think the biggest risk in Life is not taking a risk – in not walking the line of lunacy, in not doing what you really want to do. When you don't follow your bliss, the risk is simply that you may never get to follow it!
Author AVIS ViswanathanPosted on June 16, 2014 March 14, 2016 Categories Art of Living, cycle-rickshaw, Follow your Bliss, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, Inner Peace, Intelligent Living, Kolkata, Leh, Omar Khayyam, Times of IndiaLeave a comment on Walk the line of lunacy, follow your bliss!
Whatever's happening is taking you to the Life waiting for you!
When people, circumstances, society – when everything turns against you, don't think Life's conspiring against you too. What you see as a conspiracy is actually Life's inscrutable design at play – to make you wake up and claim a new Life that's waiting for you!
Suzette Jordan: Zest for Life
Pic Courtesy: Shriya Mohan, Grist Media
Ask Suzette Jordan, 38, known world-over as the hapless "Park Street Rape Victim" from Kolkata. And she will tell you how much her world has changed ever since those horrific midnight hours of February 5, 2012. That night she was offered a lift by someone she had met at the Tantra nightclub at Park Hotel. She was then assaulted, raped and thrown out of a moving car. When, a few days later, she summoned the strength and courage to report the crime, the police jeered at her. She was provided no support by the government machinery – what with her own state's Chief Minister, ironically a lady, claiming the entire episode was 'cooked up'. Another lady Member of Parliament, representing West Bengal's ruling party, said that since Jordan was divorced and a mother of two teenage daughters, the episode was probably the fallout of a 'commercial deal going awry between a professional and her client'. Abused, ridiculed, depressed, cashless and alone (although her father, sister and extended family did throw a ring of protection and emotional support around her), Jordan could have given up. But she did not. She says she knew that while she had been physically battered and socially ostracized her zest for Life had not diminished. She wanted to live to tell the world what it means to survive a rape, face up to Life and continue to trust humankind. To be sure, it wasn't as if the rape was the only challenge Jordan was up against. Long before the rape, her career had hit rock-bottom. She had last worked at a call center before starting one of her own. The investments she and her sister made in setting up their call center soon went up in smoke as they were cheated by one of their partners. Even as she was trying to piece together her career, the rape happened. And just when she was beginning to lose hope, help arrived in March 2013 in the form of an angel, Santasree Chaudhari, a philanthropist and entrepreneur. Chaudhari offered to support Jordan and her family financially and emotionally so that Jordan could carry on her fight for justice. In June 2013, Jordan made the momentous decision to reclaim (mark the word – she does not say 'disclose') her identity. Sick of being called the 'Park Street Rape Victim' by the media, who thrived in sensationalism than in just reportage, she stepped forward and identified herself. She says she was not willing, any longer, to be a blurred face on TV or in the newspapers. She was ready to come out and tell the world that she – daughter, sister, mother, woman – was willing to face a cold society__curious gossip-loving onlookers, lecherous men, an apathetic administration__and tell them that she may be single and a mother of two girls, but she was neither available nor was she willing to cower just because she had been violated. "I will fight and keep on fighting," says Jordan. She told Shriya Mohan of Grist Media, when Mohan asked her what she wanted to do with her Life now, "I am already doing it". Meaning that the rape had given her Life a purpose, a reason to live. Which is to become the face and voice of helpless rape victims the world over. And when Mohan again asked her what she loved doing the most, Jordan quipped: "Partying!"
Jordan's story is one of rape. But each of us have our own stories. Life happens to us differently no doubt. But when things come crumbling, they often come collectively. A job loss, a health-challenge, a relationship-breakdown, a death – whatever, a few events happening at the same time plunge us into despair and depression. Fear and insecurity, often anger too, then consume us. This is when reference points such as Jordan become relevant and essential. Look at the lady's spirit and feel inspired. Despite what has happened, she is willing to soldier on – and, above all, unabashedly concede that she loves partying!
1. Is my problem graver than Jordan's?
2. What does my experience teach me?
3. What can be my Life's higher purpose from here on?
4. What do I love doing the most, despite whatever's happened or is happening to
Irrespective of where you find yourself in Life just now – whatever you answer to Q # 4, just go do it! You will come alive!
Remember: in Life you will fall. You may often feel beaten. The more you bemoan your fate, the longer you will lay fallen. It is when you get up, face up to Life, that the true reason why things happened to you will become evident. And remember too that everything that happens to you is taking you in the direction of the Life that's waiting for you!
Author AVIS ViswanathanPosted on July 4, 2013 March 14, 2016 Categories Art of Living, Grist Media, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, Inner Peace, Intelligent Living, Kolkata, Park Hotel, Park Street Rape Victim, Shriya Mohan, Suzette Jordan1 Comment on Whatever's happening is taking you to the Life waiting for you!

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In June, the National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) in Beijing hosted the premiere of the show "2047 Apologue" by the Chinese director and visionary–Zhang Yimou.
Most of us now do not represent our existence without virtual communication, wireless networks, complex programs and impulses. So what if we are deprived of all these opportunities?
"Being human, in olden days we sat down and talked face to face, our face turns red with embarrassment, but we can feel each other's emotions close up – fears, anger, sadness and happiness. Will we still have these feelings in the future?
In this dialogue between ancient culture and modern technology, we experience puzzles that comes with the rapid progression of technology, and reflect on it – what will be the future relation between human and technology?
The most difficult task for this show is getting the audience to accept and acknowledge that their lifestyle, the way they communicate and the way that they work might not be the best" - says Zhang Yimou.
According to the idea of the director, the projection should exactly repeat the kinetic balls motion, creating a homogeneous structure with them. The projection appeared at the key moments of the performance to emphasize what is happening on the stage and bring additional volume into the happening.
We also developed an alternative concept, where projection content played a leading role on a par with the dancer and kinetic light.
We used the depth and color map sequences to recreate the entire setup in Cinema 4D using the shader effector. This helped us to synchronize the animation of the balls on the projection with the movement of the kinetic balls.


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This is a vital step to meeting the Paris Agreement's goals.
Vehicles that run on renewable energy are just one of the technologies that will allow us to meet the Paris Agreement's long-term goal of keeping the increase in global average temperature below 2°C. But even with subsidies to buy electric vehicles, the shift towards adopting them seems to be slow-going.
How do you motivate people to go green?
Maybe the solution is changing the supply. The German upper house of parliament, the Bundesrat, passed a resolution calling for a ban on internal combustion engines by 2030. No, this doesn't mean someone is going to come to your driveway under the cover of night and take your car away. The cross-party resolution wants the EU Commission in Brussels to implement a ban that would make sure that only zero-emission vehicles were being sold by 2030.
Moreover, the resolution wants to lower the tax subsidies diesel automakers enjoy, asking for a review of "the current practices of taxation and dues with regard to a stimulation of emission-free mobility." While that resolution binds no one into action, it is worthwhile to note the huge pull Germany and its regulations have on EU and UNECE policies and directives.
A ban on internal combustion engines is expected to have an impact on the direction of the auto industry, since Germany does have the fourth largest automaking industry in the world. Reuters notes a move toward EVs would mean risk to auto jobs, since EV powertrains need less work than those of combustion engines. But we might have to bear that labor burden if we want to meet the Paris Agreement.
This move towards EVs will certainly help us mitigate the effects of climate change, especially as the time for drastic measures may be nearing. This year's temperatures are likely to be 1.25ºC above pre-industrial times and have already reached points similar to when Earth's seas were 20 to 30 feet higher. A paper by scientist James Hansen even suggests we must do more than stop the 2ºC rise.
In the end, it will be technology and political support that will decide whether we can win the climate battle or not.


OCAV has received a grant from the Ian Currie Rollo Estate Foundation's Caring for Rural Australians program to pilot Virtual Reality technology in Currie Park, our retirement village in Euroa.
The pilot program will be carried out in partnership with researchers at La Trobe University, including Associate Professor Raelene Wilding (pictured) .
Tim Scott, OCAV's Chief Operating Officer, said the partnership would explore new territory as very few studies have been conducted using virtual reality technology with seniors.
"I am very excited about the potential that virtual reality offers older people, and this grant will certainly pave the way for looking at social wellbeing literally through a different lens," Tim Scott said.
Some small trials have shown that the technology can motivate older people to use exercise equipment such as stationary bicycles or kayaks.
"Other studies have suggested that it can provide a useful tool for supporting memory maintenance of people with mild cognitive impairment or dementia," Mr Scott said.
"There is, however, limited evidence of projects that have explored the potential for VR to improve social engagement among people living in remote rural retirement villages," he added.
The researchers will work with residents to develop the project with a view to determining what type of VR experiences work best, and to identify improvements that could be introduced to future virtual reality programs designed specifically for over 65s living in rural areas.
"Our hope is that we can show that virtual reality can and does encourage positive ageing not only for Euroa residents but throughout the wider senior community," Tim Scott said.
One of the most significant challenges for seniors in rural areas, especially those challenged by dementia or physical mobility issues, is social isolation. Maintaining wellbeing can be extremely difficult for seniors who are both geographically and socially isolated.


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5 Australia Cricket facts that sound fake but are actually true
Australia is deemed as the most decorated nation in the history of the cricketing world.
Australia. (Photo by Sydney Seshibedi/Gallo Images)
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Australia is deemed as the most decorated nation in the history of the cricketing world. With five World Cup titles in their cabinet, the cricketing giant have domination written all over them. Australia have had a long and rich history of plying their supremacy in gentlemen's game and have witnessed the various type of moments in them.
Though prestigious and proud moments have come their way often, there also have been several incidents that are a little hard to believe. Right from their Test debut in 1877 and rubbing their shoulders in high profile Ashes, Australia have seen it all. They have some weird incidents as well as the pure saga of domination in their history which will leave fans in a state of dilemma Let's take a look at-
5 amazing facts about Australia's cricket
1. Adam Gilchrist used a squash ball in his batting glove in 2007 WC final
Adam Gilchrist's squash-ball. (Photo Source: Twitter)
Adam Gilchrist is celebrated as one of the best wicketkeeping-batsmen in the history of Australia. However, the masterclass he brought on the table during the 2007 World Cup final became the saga to remember for years.
Australia were on their way to clinch their second straight World title when Gilchrist appeared in the form of his life. He smashed 149 runs off 104 balls, becoming the highest run-getter in the WC finale, and claimed the fastest ton in the mega event (72 balls).
Australia won the clash and Gilchrist was declared as the player of the match for his sensational innings where he batted with a squash ball under his gloves. It was later revealed that the batter used a different technique under pressure situations and it worked out too well for him.
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Brazil Embassy in Ghana: Address & Contact Details
March 11, 2020 by PGadmin
Brazil is one of the most important countries in South and Latin America. It is the largest by land mass and by population. The country has an estimated population of 208 million individuals. This makes it the fifth-largest country in the world by population. Brazil is a popular majorly because of football and most young boys still dream of going to Brazil.
Brazil borders every country in South America except two, Chile and Ecuador. Its two most important cities are Brasilia, the capital city, and Sao Paolo, the largest city in Brazil. Brazil is one of the countries in the world not in Africa but has a lot of African languages spoken. In a nutshell, Brazil has a strong African heritage which can be traced to African roots, most especially from Ghana and Nigeria.
A few years ago, Brazil had a very poor economy embattled by corruption and low productivity. All that has changed as the country has grown its economy to be the eighth largest in the world. The country is by far the largest producer of coffee in the world and has pushed its way into the ring of newly industrialized countries of the world.
There is a lot to say about Brazil, no wonder it attracts flocks of tourists on a yearly basis. A lot changed about the country when it hosted the FIFA World Cup in 2014. Since then tourism figures have skyrocketed. It is really no news that Ghanaians and other Africans love to visit Brazil.
We wouldn't be discussing how to travel to Brazil from Ghana in this article but we shall be discussing the Brazil Embassy in Ghana. Without visiting the embassy you have no chance of traveling to Brazil from Ghana. Here are the details you need.
Functions of the Brazilian embassy in Ghana
Just like every other embassy, the Brazilian embassy in Ghana performs specific functions on behalf of its home nation. The first of them being that it is the home and office of the Brazilian ambassador and other diplomats of Brazilian citizenship in Ghana.
The embassy is also the major link which ensures that there is no breakdown in diplomatic and trade relations between Ghana and Brazil. It, therefore, supports the home country through several means. Among these means include education, law, security, health care, economic development, to mention a few.
The embassy is also responsible for accepting visa applications from Ghanaians who want to visit Brazil from Ghana. It fixes and conducts visa interviews before approving or declining visas at its discretion.
Brazil is known for facilitating a lot of exchange studies and the embassy in Ghana ensures this is possible for both Ghanaian and Brazilian students.
Contact details and working hours
Address: 1 Templesi Lane, Airport Residential Area, Accra, Ghana
Postal: P.O. Box CT 3859, Cantonments, Accra, Ghana
Phone: (+233) (302) 774-908 / 21
Fax: (+233) (302) 778-566
Website: acra.itamaraty.gov.br
Email: brasemb.acra@itamaraty.gov.br
consular.acra@itamaraty.gov.br (visa inquires)
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Q: Nginx Pagespeed нестабильные показатели Существует сервер, на нём связка nginx -> apache -> fastcgi-php. Nginx скомпилирован с последним модулем pagespeed (ngx_pagespeed 1.12.34.2-0).
На сервере крутится несколько сайтов, для всех хочется использовать Pagespeed.
Суть в том, что очень часто оптимизированные ресурсы пропадают со страниц сайтов, заходишь в тестирование Pagespeed Insights выдаёт красные цифры (30-50), ждешь минуту, ресурсы обрабатываются, тестируешь снова, получаешь зелёные 95. Потом, спустя 5-10 минут история повторяется, будто оптимизированные ресурсы вычищается с сервера или кэш перезаписывается другими сайтами.
В nginx.conf добавляются вот такие настройки pagespeed:
pagespeed ListOutstandingUrlsOnError on;
pagespeed ProcessScriptVariables on;
pagespeed FetchWithGzip on;
pagespeed RewriteLevel CoreFilters;
pagespeed RespectVary off;
pagespeed DisableRewriteOnNoTransform off;
pagespeed InPlaceResourceOptimization off;
pagespeed SupportNoScriptEnabled false;
#pagespeed ModifyCachingHeaders on;
pagespeed MaxCacheableContentLength -1;
pagespeed FileCachePath /var/cache/pagespeed;
pagespeed FileCacheSizeKb            10485760;
pagespeed FileCacheCleanIntervalMs   360000000;
pagespeed FileCacheInodeLimit        50000000;
pagespeed LRUCacheKbPerProcess     1024;
pagespeed LRUCacheByteLimit        16384;
pagespeed ImageMaxRewritesAtOnce -1;
pagespeed RateLimitBackgroundFetches off;

## PageSpeed admin pages configuration
pagespeed UsePerVhostStatistics on;
pagespeed Statistics on;
pagespeed StatisticsLogging on;
pagespeed StatisticsLoggingIntervalMs 60000;
pagespeed StatisticsLoggingMaxFileSizeKb 1024;
pagespeed MessageBufferSize 100000;
pagespeed LogDir /var/log/pagespeed;
pagespeed StatisticsPath /ngx_pagespeed_statistics;
pagespeed GlobalStatisticsPath /ngx_pagespeed_global_statistics;
pagespeed MessagesPath /ngx_pagespeed_message;
pagespeed ConsolePath /pagespeed_console;
pagespeed AdminPath /pagespeed_admin;
pagespeed GlobalAdminPath /pagespeed_global_admin;

## PageSpeed Cache Purge
pagespeed EnableCachePurge on;
pagespeed PurgeMethod PURGE;
pagespeed DownstreamCacheRewrittenPercentageThreshold 95;

## PageSpeed configurations
pagespeed FetchHttps enable,allow_self_signed,allow_unknown_certificate_authority;

В каждый блок serve виртуальных хостов nginx добавляются вот такие настройки:
pagespeed on;
#pagespeed NoTransformOptimizedImages on;
## Resource filters
## Text / HTML
pagespeed EnableFilters combine_heads;
pagespeed EnableFilters collapse_whitespace;
pagespeed EnableFilters convert_meta_tags;
pagespeed EnableFilters elide_attributes;
pagespeed EnableFilters pedantic;
pagespeed EnableFilters remove_comments;
pagespeed EnableFilters remove_quotes;
pagespeed EnableFilters trim_urls;

## JavaScript
pagespeed EnableFilters combine_javascript;
pagespeed EnableFilters canonicalize_javascript_libraries;
pagespeed EnableFilters inline_javascript;

## CSS
pagespeed EnableFilters outline_css;
pagespeed EnableFilters combine_css;
pagespeed EnableFilters inline_import_to_link;
pagespeed EnableFilters inline_css;
pagespeed EnableFilters inline_google_font_css;
pagespeed EnableFilters move_css_above_scripts;
pagespeed EnableFilters move_css_to_head;
pagespeed EnableFilters prioritize_critical_css;
pagespeed EnableFilters rewrite_css;
pagespeed EnableFilters fallback_rewrite_css_urls;
pagespeed EnableFilters rewrite_style_attributes_with_url;

## Images
#pagespeed EnableFilters dedup_inlined_images;
#pagespeed EnableFilters inline_preview_images;
pagespeed EnableFilters resize_mobile_images;
#pagespeed EnableFilters lazyload_images;
pagespeed EnableFilters convert_gif_to_png;
pagespeed EnableFilters convert_jpeg_to_progressive;
pagespeed EnableFilters recompress_jpeg;
pagespeed EnableFilters recompress_png;
pagespeed EnableFilters recompress_webp;
pagespeed EnableFilters strip_image_color_profile;
pagespeed EnableFilters strip_image_meta_data;
pagespeed EnableFilters jpeg_subsampling;
pagespeed EnableFilters convert_png_to_jpeg;
pagespeed EnableFilters resize_images;
pagespeed EnableFilters resize_rendered_image_dimensions;
pagespeed EnableFilters convert_jpeg_to_webp;
pagespeed EnableFilters convert_to_webp_lossless;
pagespeed EnableFilters insert_image_dimensions;
pagespeed EnableFilters make_google_analytics_async;

pagespeed DisableFilters inline_images;
pagespeed DisableFilters sprite_images;

## Miscellaneous
pagespeed EnableFilters add_instrumentation;
pagespeed EnableFilters insert_dns_prefetch;

## Cache
pagespeed EnableFilters extend_cache;
pagespeed EnableFilters extend_cache_pdfs;
pagespeed EnableFilters local_storage_cache;

pagespeed Disallow "*/bitrix/js/*";
pagespeed Disallow "*/bitrix/css/*";

pagespeed JpegRecompressionQuality 85;
pagespeed ImageRecompressionQuality 85;

## Ensure requests for pagespeed optimized resources go to the pagespeed handler
## and no extraneous headers get set.
location ~ "\.pagespeed\.([a-z]\.)?[a-z]{2}\.[^.]{10}\.[^.]+" {
  add_header "" "";
}

location ~ "^/pagespeed_static/" { }
location ~ "^/ngx_pagespeed_beacon$ps_dollar" { }

## PageSpeed Admin paths
## PageSpeed Admin UI paths
location /ngx_pagespeed_statistics {
  auth_basic "Restricted";
  auth_basic_user_file key/.htpasswd-users;
}
location /ngx_pagespeed_global_statistics {
  auth_basic "Restricted";
  auth_basic_user_file key/.htpasswd-users;
}
location /ngx_pagespeed_message {
  auth_basic "Restricted";
  auth_basic_user_file key/.htpasswd-users;
}
location /pagespeed_console {
  auth_basic "Restricted";
  auth_basic_user_file key/.htpasswd-users;
}
location ~ ^/pagespeed_admin {
  auth_basic "Restricted";
  auth_basic_user_file key/.htpasswd-users;
}
location ~ ^/pagespeed_global_admin {
  auth_basic "Restricted";
  auth_basic_user_file key/.htpasswd-users;
}

Как видно, размер и таймауты кэша достаточно большие, модуль включается для каждого виртуального хоста; пробовал глобально включать в nginx.conf, та же история.
Добавлю, что сайты работают как с https так и по http, для https добавляется:
pagespeed LoadFromFile

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The UK is home to some of the most prestigious educational institutions in the world and is an ever-popular destination for international students. Because of this, UK universities offer a diverse student body and culturally enriching experience. Our breakdown of what is required should help you to further understand the process as an Iranian student applying to the UK higher education system.
All universities have their own entry requirements for international students, which can be found on their respective websites. Many universities detail specific requirements for Iranian students.
Generally speaking, applicants with the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma or A-Levels will be considered for admission to UK bachelor degree courses. If you do not meet these qualifications, many universities require you complete an approved foundation programme before you can be accepted.
To be considered for entry to a postgraduate course, you will normally need a bachelor's degree that is recognised as equivalent to a UK bachelor's (honours) degree.
In addition, UK universities will require that you have a certain level of proficiency in the English language, which is determined from the results of your SELT test. The minimum levels required differ depending on the university. Most universities require a higher SELT score for postgraduate students than for undergraduates.
For undergraduate courses starting in September or October, the main application deadline is in the preceding January – so if you're planning to start university next year, make sure you fill in and submit your application in good time.
For each of these deadlines, your application must be received by UCAS by 18:00 UK time.
You can start filling in your application early to give yourself plenty of time. Don't forget that a written reference needs to be added to your application form, so to avoid any stress or missed deadlines, ensure that the person writing your reference has enough time to write their part of your application.
Postgraduate deadlines differ depending on which university you're applying to. Check the appropriate university's website for their deadline.
Although the main undergraduate deadline is in January, many universities and colleges continue to accept applications from international students after that date. Check the individual course details on the UCAS search tool and contact the institution directly to ask if they will consider your application.
The UCAS system also allows you to add choices or reapply if you do not receive an offer the first time around. After 30 June, applications are automatically entered into Clearing – this allows you to apply for courses that still have places.


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Community grants up for grabs
Stroud Mayor Stella Parkes (left) and Deputy Mayor Camilla Hale
Stroud groups and organisations wanting to make a difference in their community can apply for financial support from the Town Council, writes Marianne Sweet.
"We set aside money to support a range of services and initiatives, from projects enabling the town to reduce its carbon footprint to providing services to improve the lives of residents," said Stroud Mayor Stella Parkes.
"As a result of Covid-19 and the lockdowns, we have more than £50,000 in the grant pots and would encourage groups to complete the straightforward grant application forms."
The Covid-19 Community Resilience Fund was created to help the town recover fro the pandemic. Applications for grants can be received anytime by the Town Clerk.
The Carbon Reduction Fund aims to provide funding for projects where a primary aim is to reduce CO2 emissions from households, organisations or individuals in Stroud. The deadlines for grant applications are 30 August, 1 November, 3 January 2023 and 7 March 2023.
The Community Fund helps groups and organisations that work to strengthen Stroud's community. Grants are between £500 and £3,000.
The Arts and Culture Fund supports public events and projects that will benefit people in Stroud parish through art and cultural activity. Grants are between £500 and £5,000 (normally no more than £3,000).
The Small Grants Fund supports and encourages a diverse range of youth and community activities, initiatives and events that meet the needs of Stroud Parish residents. Grants are between £50 and £500.
The deadlines for the Community, Arts and Culture and Small Grants are: 7 November and 6 February 2023.
"These funds were set aside by the Town Council to support projects and events that will benefit residents in Stroud parish," said Councillor Parkes. "We would urge groups and organisations to apply."
People can chat through their potential projects with the Town Clerk or her Deputy before they apply. Please phone 01453 762817.
All application forms and information documents and available at https://www.stroudtown.gov.uk/grants-and-funding.html
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Vadu Crișului (în ) este satul de reședință al comunei cu același nume din județul Bihor, Crișana, România.

Localitatea este situată la iesirea Crișului Repede din defileu.  Toponimul Vad, atât în limba română cât și Rév în limba maghiară, semnifică locul din albia unui râu unde malul fiind jos și apa puțin adâncă, permitea trecerea prin apă de pe un mal la altul.

Satul marchează limita sud-estică a Depresiunii Vadului, depresiunea golf dintre "munceii" Pădurea Craiului și Munții Plopișului (sau Șes), depresiune ce poarta numele localității, care este simultan și cea mai mare din zonă.

Este străbătută de drumul european E60 (DN1), Oradea - Cluj-Napoca, fiind aflată la aproximativ 50 km de Oradea și la 100 km de Cluj-Napoca, respectiv de calea ferata Oradea - Cluj-Napoca.

Așezare
Localitatea Vadu Crișului, se află situată pe paralela de 46 59` latitudine nordică și pe meridianul de 22 3`30`` longitudine estică, la o altitudine de 270 m, la ieșirea Crișului Repede din defileul care-i poartă numele, lucru redat și de toponimul localității. Marchează limita sud-estică a depresiuni Vadului, depresiune "golf" dintre Munții Pădurea Craiului și Munții Plopișului, depresiune ce poartă numele localității, ea fiind cea mai mare și mai importantă din zonă.

Este străbătută de drumul european E60, la o distanță de 50 km de orașul Oradea și la 100 de orașul Cluj-Napoca. Tot prin comună mai trece și calea ferată Oradea - Cluj-Napoca, linie de circulație internațională.

Cadrul natural

Structura geologică
Localitatea Vadu Crișului este situată la contactul Munților Pădurea Craiului cu Depresiunea Vadului. Ca urmare a acestei așezări, structura geologică a zonei este complexă, fiind reprezentată prin roci sedimentare de natură și vârste diferite.

Munții Pădurea Craiului sunt alcătuiți preponderent din calcare triasice, jurasice și cretacice, întâlnite la zi în defileul sculptat al Crișului Repede. Pe teritoriul comunei aceste formațiuni apar dispuse sub forma unor benzi orientate SV-NE. În partea de vest se găsesc formațiuni jurasice superioare reprezentate prin calcare masive și stratificate, peste care sunt dispuse sub forma unor mici petice, calcare stratificate și masive. Spre est urmează o fâșie de calcare triasice: mai întâi o fâșie îngustă de calcare negre triasic superioare și apoi o bandă de calcare masive aparținând triasicului mediu.

În cuprinsul micului bazin depresionar de la Șuncuiuș, în sectorul care se află pe raza comunei Vadu Crișului, se întâlnesc pietrișuri și nisipuri de terasă, de vârstă cuaternară.

Relief
Teritoriul se dispune pe diferite unități de relief: în lunca largă a Crișului, cu aspect de câmpie, pe dealurile cu caracter premontan de la poalele Munților Plopiș și Pădurea Craiului și în zona montană ce aparține de Pădurea Craiului. Datorită acestui fapt și structurii geologice și geomorfologice, peisajul zonei este variat și totodată creează o notă de pitoresc.

Lunca Crișului Repede este largă și dă o adevărată imagine a Depresiunii Vadului. Alcătuită din pietrișuri și nisipuri fluviatile, lunca prezintă o ușoară creștere în altitudine de la râu spre cei doi versanți. Râul este adâncit cu 2-5 m în formațiunile de luncă, dar malurile albiei minore sunt inegale.

Terasele întâlnite sunt dezvoltate mai ales în zona de confluență a Crișului Repede cu afluentul său de dreapta, valea Borodului. Structura tuturor teraselor este de tip aluvionar, peste roca de bază se dispune un orizont de pietrișuri și nisipuri cu grosime variabile.

Cea mai mare parte din suprafața a localității se desfășoară în spațiul montan al Munților Pădurea Craiului. Alcătuit din calcare, relieful dezvoltat pe aceste formațiuni de rocă este cel carstic. Pitorescul reliefului carstic este dat de numeroase peșteri:
 Peștera Vadului
 Peștera Mătulina
 Peștera Cărbunarilor
 Peștera Umedă
 Peștera Mică
 Peștera Mare
 Peștera Devențului
 Peștera Caprei

Rețeaua hidrografică

Rețeaua hidrografică este rară, datorită infiltrațiilor în calcar. Văile sunt mai scurte dar adânci, mărginite de versanți puternic înclinați, dând acestora aspectul unor chei. Un aspect interesant și de luat în considerare este eroziunea de adâncime, foarte accelerată, din albia Crișului Repede pe tot parcursul localității Vadu Crișului. Cauzele acestei eroziuni din albia Crișului ar putea fi: exploatarea nisipului în balastiera de la Aleșd, mai ales în cea de la Cacuciu Vechi și fluctuațiile de debit pe cursul Crișului.

Istoric

Urmele umane pe teritoriul satului își fac simțită prezența încă din epoca pietrei (paleolitic). Mărturie sunt descoperirile arheologice, mai ales din peșterile din zonă, care au scos la iveală vestigii databile până în epoca bronzului. Prima atestare documentară a satului Vadu Crișului este din anul1332.

În cursul evului mediu, au existat două localități Vad, una pe malul stâng și alta pe cel drept al Crișului Repede. Până în secolul al XVIII-lea, Vadul de pe malul drept a făcut parte din domeniul cetății Sinteu, mai târziu Alesd, iar cel de pe malul stâng a aparținut domeniului familiei Telegdi de la Tileagd. Topa de Criș aparținea de Ocolul nobilier romanesc al Borodului. Dezvoltarea deosebită a așezării de pe malul drept, poziția sa geografică, l-a determinat pe regele Ungariei, Sigismund de Luxemburg, să declare localitatea oraș liber crăiesc, privilegiu de care nu s-a bucurat nici orașul Oradea (1405).

Oamenii s-au îndeletnicit cu cultivarea pământului, creșterea vitelor și cu olăritul. Aceasta din urma preocupare este atestată în documente începând cu anul 1639. În veacurile XVIII – XIX, populația este într-o permanentă creștere numerică, Vadu Crișului fiind cea mai mare localitate de pe valea Crișului Repede. Compoziția etnică a fost mereu constantă: circa 65% romani, 33% maghiari și alte naționalități.

Intrarea în folosință a căii ferate, tronsonul Vad-Șuncuiuș, în anul 1870, descoperirea în 1905 a peșterii vestită prin bogata ei în fauna cavernicolă, au dat un nou impuls dezvoltării așezării, care devine și un punct turistic atrăgător. Mulți locuitori ai satului au participat la revolta populară de la Alesd din 1905, unii fiind uciși, iar alții arestați. Primul război mondial (1914-1918) întrerupe dezvoltarea așezării, mulți fii ai satului căzând eroic pe fronturi pentru o cauză ce le era străină. Detașamentele de secui, în retragere din fața armatelor române care au staționat în zonă, au comis numeroase atrocități pe raza localității, în perioada ianuarie-aprilie 1919, dar mai ales în satul vecin, Birtin.

Anul 1930 a adus un eveniment care și-a pus amprenta emoțională pentru multă vreme asupra localității. La 6 iunie, în urma pierderii unuia din rezervoarele avionului, a rămas în pană de carburant și a aterizat în marginea satului viitorul rege Carol II, care venea spre București de la Munchen, via Viena. Fata care i-a dat regelui să bea apă din ulciorul de lut, a fost dusă la București, și a făcut parte din suita regală, fiind și model pentru una din bancnotele din acea perioadă. (Interesant că prof. Ioan Godea, fostul director al Muzeului Satului din București, a fost în perioada 1969-1970 profesor de istorie la Liceul din Vadu-Crișului și a stat în gazdă chiar la femeia care i-a dat apă regelui Carol al II-lea). Căruțașul care a plecat cu căruța și a adus rezerve de carburant pentru avion a fost angajat la CFR. Buna primire ce i s-a făcut a determinat apoi o lungă relație de simpatie a suveranului cu locuitorii. Pe locul aterizării avionului s-a construit un monument și ulterior o cazarmă unde aveau loc manifestări cu ocazia zilei regelui. O delegație de la Vadu-Crișului participa în fiecare an la parada de la București. La 8 iunie 1940 cu ocazia aniversării a 10 ani de la revenirea in România, Regele Carol al II lea a emis o monedă de aur de 42 g, cu diametrul de 41 mm, care o reprezintă pe fata care a adus apă regelui, în 6 iunie 1930, la Vadu Crișului. Numele de familie al fetei era Mudura, dar în Bucuresti ea a apărut cu numele de Modura. O statuie a fetei cu ulciorul cu apă (statuia Modurei) se află și acum la fântâna Modura, la capătul Aleii Restaurației din Parcul Herăstrău. Pentru o scurtă perioadă, până în 1940, Vadu Crișului s-a numit Vadul lui Carol.

Dictatul de la Viena (30 august 1940) a adus pe aceste meleaguri administrația statului ungar. Armatele horthyste au fost primite cu bucurie de populația maghiară (8 septembrie 1940) care a trecut la măsuri de înlocuire a tuturor instituțiilor cu caracter românesc. Al doilea război mondial a afectat puternic viața oamenilor, mulți săteni căzând în lupte departe de casă, dar a avut ca rezultat anularea prevederilor dictatului, armatele române și sovietice intrând în Vadu Crișului și Birtin la 14 octombrie 1944. În retragere, armatele de ocupație ungară au aruncat în aer toate tunelurile de cale ferată și podul peste Criș.

După 1948, regimul comunist s-a impus prin măsuri ce au afectat însăși proprietatea locuitorilor, s-a cooperativizat agricultura, au fost naționalizate toate micile întreprinderi existente în sat. Între realizările acestor ani, pe primul loc se situează înființarea Liceului teoretic, unul din primele în mediu rural (1953), dotat pe urmă cu o clădire modernă dar desființată în 1973 și reînființat în 1990, care a avut și are cadre didactice de mare valoare și care a dat generații de absolvenți ce s-au afirmat pe plan național.

Din anul 1955, peștera Vadu Crișului și cascada cu întreg defileul au fost declarate rezervație naturală, tot în acest an s-a încheiat și electrificarea localității. În 1962 s-a început construirea unui cămin cultural modern, care s-a remarcat apoi prin bogata sa activitate. Ideea de a valorifica creația olarilor locali, precum și dorința de a pune în evidență folclorul zonei a dus în anul 1969 la lansarea unei manifestări devenite apoi tradiție: Târgul de la Vama Sării, ținut de atunci în fiecare an, în prima duminică din luna iunie. El poartă în denumirea sa amintirea locului, a Vadului de pe Criș unde se vămuiau mărfurile între care și sarea în secolele XIII – XV.

Structura populației

Clasificarea populației

 După categorii de vârste în anul 1991

 0-14	679loc
 15-19	288loc
 20-29	453loc
 30-39	365loc
 40-49	425loc
 50-59	431loc
 >59	607loc

 După sexe

 masculin	1592loc
 feminin	1656loc

După categorii de vârste în anul 1997

 0-14	649loc
 15-19	260loc
 20-29	400loc
 30-39	340loc
 40-49	418loc
 50-59	431loc
 >59	592loc

 După limba maternă

 români	2058
 maghiari	899
 romi	283
 germani	3
 slovaci	4
 bulgari	1

 După religie

 ortodoxă 1873
 romano-catolică 33
 greco-catolică 177
 reformată 766
 baptiști 261

Obiective turistice
Biserica "Sfinții Arhangheli Mihail și Gavriil" (monument istoric).
 Defileul Crișului Repede - Pădurea Craiului, sit Natura 2000 (39.410 ha).
 Rezervația naturală "Defileul Crișului Repede" (219,7 ha).

În zonă se poate practica raftingul, escalada clasică și sportivă, canioningul și speologia, detalii la www.tura.ro

Galerie de imagini

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Legături externe
Portalul Comunei Vadu Crișului - Revista locală de informare
Comuna Vadu Crișului
Informații despre vechiul turn din localitate
 DEGRADARE Cabana Vadu Crișului, lăsată de izbeliște de mai bine de 15 ani, 11 septembrie 2011, Adevărul

Vadu Crișului, Vadu Crișului

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A worker checks election ballots in Oregon, 2022 (KOIN, file)
Oregon voters mixed on guns, health care measures
by: Emma Jerome
Posted: Nov 14, 2022 / 05:00 AM PST
Updated: Nov 14, 2022 / 06:36 AM PST
Measures 111, 114 too close to call
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The aftermath of the midterm elections is still shaking out. While most eyes are on candidate races, two of the statewide measures on Oregon's ballot got mixed results from voters.
Measure 111, which is too close to call, would make Oregon the first state in the country with a constitutional obligation to provide access to affordable health care to its residents. As of Monday morning, 90% of the vote was counted and the measure was passing 50.6% to 49.4%.
Measure 114, which is also too close to call, would reform state gun laws by requiring Oregonians to get a permit before obtaining firearms, would require a state police-maintained permit/firearm database and prohibits "large capacity" ammunition magazines. As of Monday morning, 90% of the vote was counted and the measure was passing 50.8% to 49.2%
KOIN Complete Election Results
Measure 111
Chris Stout, an associate professor of political science at Oregon State University, said Measure 111 didn't have the same support as other measures on the ballot. He said it was a combination of convoluted language and not understanding where the money would come from to pay for the affordable health care for all.
"I think if 111 were to come up again it would have to be a lot more specific about what it would look like in practice," he told KOIN 6 News.
Man dies after early Sunday Hazelwood neighborhood shooting
He also said it's difficult to know how this would be implemented because Oregon is a trailblazer for this sort of legislation. But he thinks voters were hesitant about this measure because of the cost and how it would be funded.
"What would it cost? What would the state's role be in enforcing affordable healthcare?" Stout asked rhetorically. "There's still questions left to be answered in how this would work in practice."
Measure 114 limits the size of gun magazines for purchase to 10 rounds or fewer.
Dane Bauman, who owns Aloha Surplus, has been working in the arms business for 4 decades. He said he's disappointed in the measure, especially considering what people in Oregon already have to do to get a gun.
The problem, he said, is the lack of prosecution for criminals. All Measure 114 would do, he said, is cost people their jobs.
"We'll limit gun sales because people will not be able to take the classes that the measure mandates. Nobody will be giving classes that the measure mandates for at least approximately 6 months to a year, which would be the earliest that it could be," Bauman said. "And so it's just going to end gun sales. It's going to end employment for many people that deal in those items."
Portland's government on verge of changing. What happens now?
The 10-round limit on magazines won't impact someone who is proficient in switching out a magazine, he told KOIN 6 News. He wants to see an increase in the prosecution of criminals he said aren't being pursued by local law enforcement.
"An illegal act is an illegal act. A criminal is a criminal. Murder is a crime. We don't see the prosecution by their local, state and county people claiming they don't have the money to prosecute crime. And that's why we have the crimes and the problems we have. All the feel good laws will never change the lack of prosecution," Bauman said. "So it's nice to fantasize that taking guns off the street is going to stop something. But if you don't prosecute the criminals, they're never going to go away."
Arrest made in deadly stabbing in downtown Portland
Eye on Northwest Politics


Daum was co-producer and co-director of Hiding and Seeking; Faith and Tolerance After the Holocaust http://www.pbs.org/pov/hidingandseeking/ . Hiding and Seeking was fortunate to be started with an initial National Endowment for the Arts grant and then received major funding from the Independent Television Service. After its theatrical release Hiding and Seeking went on to a very successful national broadcast on POV and won numerous awards. Daum was also co-producer, co-director and co-writer of A Life Apart: Hasidism in America http://www.pbs.org/alifeapart/, a 95-minute 35mm documentary that received major support from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Narrated by Leonard Nimoy and Sarah Jessica Parker, A Life Apart explores the post-Holocaust revival of Hasidism in America and the intergenerational transmission of Hasidic values from Holocaust survivors to their American-born children. After a successful theatrical release and national PBS broadcast it went on to win numerous awards including a CINE Golden Eagle and was nominated for a national Emmy. Daum is also a frequent contributor to PBS's Religion and Ethics Newsweekly.
Rudavsky is the film's co-producer and director as well as director of photography. Rudavsky was co-producer and co-director, together with Daum, on Hiding and Seeking as well as A Life Apart. He was also director of photography on both of these films. Oren Rudavsky is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship. He has received two National Endowment for the Arts filmmaker awards, three National Endowment for the Humanities grants, several New York State Council for the Arts awards, and many other awards and commendations. His most recently completed film, Colliding Dreams: A History of Zionism, is a feature length documentary that was supported by a media grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. He was the producer of a range of multi-screen and single screen films for the Russian Jewish History Museum and Tolerance Center in Moscow. He is currently working on a documentary about Joseph Pulitzer.
The mega-narratives underlying the Arab-Israeli conflict, the Holocaust and Nakba, are pitted against each other in the ruins of an Arab village emptied in 1948.
Lifta is the only Arab village abandoned in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war that has not been completely destroyed or repopulated by Jews. Its ruins are now threatened by an Israeli development plan that would convert it into an upscale Jewish neighborhood. Discovering that his parents' Holocaust experiences may have distorted his views of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Menachem, the filmmaker and an Orthodox Jew from Brooklyn, sets out to establish a personal relationship with a Palestinian. He meets Yacoub, who was expelled from Lifta and now leads the struggle to save the haunting ruins of his village from Israeli plans to build luxury villas on the site. Learning that Lifta was once a place where Jews and Arabs got along, Menachem join's Yacoub's campaign in the hopes that Lifta can serve as a place of reflection and reconciliation. This sets up a climactic encounter between a Holocaust survivor and a Nakba refugee amidst the ruins of Lifta.
THE RUINS OF LIFTA--TRAILER V.8.12.16 from Ramon Rivera-Moret on Vimeo.
"It's visually stunning and packs an emotional wallop."
"The Ruins of Lifta offers a muscular example of ability of documentaries to make the political intensely personal. More painfully, it's also a case study in the limits of benign intention."
"A thoughtful lesson in history - and listening."


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The Jersey-variant British passport is a type of British passport issued in the British Crown dependency of Jersey by the Passport Office in St Helier.

Jersey-variant British passports are full British passports and are simply an alternative design used by the Jersey passport authorities to distinguish passports issued by the island. As such, they can theoretically be issued to any British citizens, however in practice are only issued to British citizens connected to Jersey.

Eligibility

The Passport Office of the Jersey Government issues British passports only to British citizens living in the Channel Islands, the United Kingdom or the Isle of Man who have a connection to Jerseye.g. were born, or live in Jersey or are a child born outside Jersey to parents born in Jersey.

Applicants cannot be physically abroad at the time of application.

Endorsements

Jersey-variant British passports before 2020 may have an observation included to the following effect:

Under Protocol 3 of the UK's EU accession treaty, some British citizens connected to Jersey had Channel Islander status. Channel Islanders were not able to benefit from free movement rights (of people and services) in the EU outside the UK (they could in Ireland due to Common Travel Area rights).

A Channel Islander was everyone who was a British citizen only because they, their parent or their grandparent was born, adopted, naturalised or registered in Jersey. It did not include British citizens who had a parent or grandparent who was born, adopted, naturalised or registered as a British citizen in the UK. Channel Islanders would lose their status if they lived in the UK for five years. Immigrants to Jersey, including EEA nationals who otherwise had EU citizenship, who naturalised or registered as British citizens in Jersey, as well as anyone who gets British citizenship from them by descent, also had Channel Islander status.

After Brexit, no British citizens were able to exercise freedom of movement rights, so Channel Islander status and the associated passport observation ceased to be used from 1 January 2021.

Design

The design generally follows that of other British passports;  however, like many other British territories and dependencies with separate passport offices, it replaces the text "United Kingdom" with other text.

Current issue British passports are navy blue, as are Jersey-variant passports.

The blue passport sports the Royal coat of arms emblazoned in the centre of the front cover. "BRITISH PASSPORT" is inscribed above the coat of arms and "BAILIWICK OF JERSEY" inscribed below. The biometric passport symbol  appears at the bottom of the front cover. The rear cover of blue passports are also embossed with the floral emblems of England (Tudor rose), Northern Ireland (Shamrock), Scotland (Scotch thistle) and Wales (daffodil).

Jersey passports contain on their inside cover the following words in English only:

Prior to 1988, all Jersey-variant British passports were navy blue, like the other British passports. Between 1988 and 2020, they were burgundy and endorsed with the words "EUROPEAN UNION BRITISH ISLANDS". British Islands refers to the collective territory of the United Kingdom and Crown dependencies.

Passports issued after the death of Queen Elizabeth II read "His Majesty", whereas passports issued during Elizabeth II's reign read "Her Majesty".

References

External links

Jersey
British passports
European Union passports
Passport


Beautiful Bunch of 25 Mix colour roses in a cellophane packing with pink and red ribbon bow.
Here are the most beautiful collections of the colorful roses as of the Punsons Flora that is most elegant and adorable. Of course, this Elegant Mix of the rose bouquet is made with the 25 types of roses that are of different colors. Give this most adorable roses to your angel make her happy.


This role offers employees the chance to work from home. Limited local commute may be required. Position requirements are flexible and depend on the strength and needs of the candidate.
Reaching out to counseling agencies, schools and community groups to establish contacts for trainings.
Maintain regular communication with these agencies and groups to develop a routine schedule for recurring trainings.
Generate invoices and all surrounding paperwork.
Research and assist in presenting St. Louis area conferences consistent with company goals.
Assist with set-up and presenting needs for St. Louis area trainings.
Maintain any records related to company programming and development.
This position requires candidates to have a working knowledge or a desire to learn current social media trends, therefore candidate must be adept at learning new computer programs and mobile apps. Data entry experience and sales experience is a plus, but not necessary. We are looking for a candidate with great time management skills and the strong self-motivation.


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Boqueirão är en ort i Brasilien.   Den ligger i kommunen Boqueirão och delstaten Paraíba, i den östra delen av landet,  km nordost om huvudstaden Brasília. Boqueirão ligger  meter över havet och antalet invånare är .

Terrängen runt Boqueirão är huvudsakligen platt, men österut är den kuperad. Boqueirão ligger nere i en dal. Den högsta punkten i närheten är Serra do Coturite,  meter över havet,  km öster om Boqueirão. Runt Boqueirão är det ganska glesbefolkat, med  invånare per kvadratkilometer.. Det finns inga andra samhällen i närheten.

Omgivningarna runt Boqueirão är huvudsakligen savann.  Savannklimat råder i trakten. Årsmedeltemperaturen i trakten är  °C. Den varmaste månaden är november, då medeltemperaturen är  °C, och den kallaste är juni, med  °C. Genomsnittlig årsnederbörd är  millimeter. Den regnigaste månaden är juni, med i genomsnitt  mm nederbörd, och den torraste är januari, med  mm nederbörd.

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#include "gtest/gtest.h"
#include "singa/utils/cluster.h"

using namespace singa;

std::string host = "localhost:2181";

void zk_cb(void *contest) {
  LOG(INFO) << "zk callback: " << static_cast<char *>(contest);
}
/*
TEST(CluserRuntimeTest, GroupManagement) {
  ClusterRuntime* rt = new ZKClusterRT(host);
  ASSERT_EQ(rt->Init(), true);
  ASSERT_EQ(rt->WatchSGroup(1, 1, zk_cb, "test call back"), true);
  ASSERT_EQ(rt->JoinSGroup(1, 1, 1), true);
  ASSERT_EQ(rt->JoinSGroup(1, 2, 1), true);
  ASSERT_EQ(rt->LeaveSGroup(1, 2, 1), true);
  ASSERT_EQ(rt->LeaveSGroup(1, 1, 1), true);
  sleep(3);
  delete rt;
}

TEST(CluserRuntimeTest, ProcessManagement) {
  ClusterRuntime* rt = new ZKClusterRT(host);
  ASSERT_EQ(rt->Init(), true);
  ASSERT_EQ(rt->RegistProc("1.2.3.4:5"), 0);
  ASSERT_EQ(rt->RegistProc("1.2.3.4:6"), 1);
  ASSERT_EQ(rt->RegistProc("1.2.3.4:7"), 2);
  ASSERT_NE(rt->GetProcHost(0), "");
  ASSERT_NE(rt->GetProcHost(1), "");
  ASSERT_NE(rt->GetProcHost(2), "");
  sleep(3);
  delete rt;
}

ClusterProto GenClusterProto(){
  ClusterProto proto;
  int nworker=6, nserver=4;
  proto.set_nworkers(nworker);
  proto.set_nservers(nserver);
  proto.set_nworkers_per_group(3);
  proto.set_nservers_per_group(2);
  proto.set_nthreads_per_worker(1);
  proto.set_nthreads_per_server(2);

  proto.set_hostfile(folder+"/hostfile");

  std::ofstream fout(folder+"/hostfile", std::ofstream::out);
  for(int i=0;i<nworker+nserver;i++){
    char tmp[20];
    sprintf(tmp, "awan-0-%02d-0", i);
    fout<<tmp<<std::endl;
  }
  fout.flush();
  fout.close();
  return proto;
}

TEST(ClusterTest, NoServer){
  ClusterProto proto=GenClusterProto();
  proto.set_nservers(0);
  auto cluster=Cluster::Get(proto, 0);
  ASSERT_EQ(proto.nworkers(),cluster->nworkers());
  ASSERT_EQ(0, cluster->nservers());
  ASSERT_EQ(proto.nworkers_per_group(),cluster->nworkers_per_group());
  ASSERT_EQ(proto.nservers_per_group(),cluster->nservers_per_group());
  ASSERT_FALSE(cluster->AmIServer());
  ASSERT_TRUE(cluster->AmIWorker());
  ASSERT_EQ(0,cluster->group_procs_id());
  ASSERT_EQ(0,cluster->group_id());
  ASSERT_EQ(2, cluster->nworker_groups());
  ASSERT_EQ(0, cluster->nserver_groups());
  ASSERT_STREQ("awan-0-00-0", cluster->host_addr().c_str());

  cluster=Cluster::Get(proto, 5);
  ASSERT_EQ(2,cluster->group_procs_id());
  ASSERT_EQ(1,cluster->group_id());
  ASSERT_EQ(2, cluster->nworker_groups());
  ASSERT_EQ(0, cluster->nserver_groups());
  ASSERT_STREQ("awan-0-05-0", cluster->host_addr().c_str());
}

TEST(ClusterTest, SingleServerGroup){
  ClusterProto proto=GenClusterProto();
  proto.set_nservers(2);
  auto cluster=Cluster::Get(proto, 3);
  ASSERT_FALSE(cluster->AmIServer());
  ASSERT_TRUE(cluster->AmIWorker());
  ASSERT_EQ(0,cluster->group_procs_id());
  ASSERT_EQ(1,cluster->group_id());
  ASSERT_EQ(2, cluster->nworker_groups());
  ASSERT_EQ(1, cluster->nserver_groups());
  ASSERT_STREQ("awan-0-03-0", cluster->host_addr().c_str());

  cluster=Cluster::Get(proto, 7);
  ASSERT_EQ(1,cluster->group_procs_id());
  ASSERT_EQ(0,cluster->group_id());
  ASSERT_EQ(2, cluster->nworker_groups());
  ASSERT_EQ(1, cluster->nserver_groups());
  ASSERT_STREQ("awan-0-07-0", cluster->host_addr().c_str());
}

TEST(ClusterTest, MultiServerGroups){
  ClusterProto proto=GenClusterProto();
  auto cluster=Cluster::Get(proto, 7);
  ASSERT_EQ(1,cluster->group_procs_id());
  ASSERT_EQ(0,cluster->group_id());
  ASSERT_EQ(2, cluster->nworker_groups());
  ASSERT_EQ(2, cluster->nserver_groups());
  ASSERT_STREQ("awan-0-07-0", cluster->host_addr().c_str());

  cluster=Cluster::Get(proto, 8);
  ASSERT_TRUE(cluster->AmIServer());
  ASSERT_FALSE(cluster->AmIWorker());
  ASSERT_EQ(0,cluster->group_procs_id());
  ASSERT_EQ(1,cluster->group_id());
  ASSERT_EQ(2, cluster->nworker_groups());
  ASSERT_EQ(2, cluster->nserver_groups());
  ASSERT_STREQ("awan-0-08-0", cluster->host_addr().c_str());
}
**/


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2019 - Spring Art Exhibition & Sale
Our 26th event !
The show ran from April 13 to 28, 2019
at the House of Art, 200 Main St, Monson, MA 01057.
116 pieces of artwork were exhibited, contributed by 87 different artists.
Maria Luisa Arroyo ran her acclaimed Poetry Workshop:
"Poets Look at Art" on Wednesday, April 24.
David Dupius, ran two "Fearless Drawing Workshops" for beginners on April 17 & 23 April.
Shauna Shane • Three • Best of Show
The Jurors
Each year the committee for the Spring Art Exhibition and Sale select a new set of jurors. For our 26th event, we were pleased to have had:
Gary Lippincott • https://www.garylippincott.com/
Gary Lippincott has received numerous awards including 3 Chesleys and nominations for both a Hugo and World Fantasy award.
Gary received his BFA in painting from Maryland Institute College of Art. He currently resides in the woods of Central Massachusetts.
Vivian Zoë • Director of the Slater Memorial Museum.
Vivian Zoë is the director of the Slater memorial Museum. She has served as the director of many organisations in the greater Hartford area, including the City of Hartford's Office of Cultural Affairs. She is a peer reviewer for the American Association of Museums and the Connecticut Commission on the Arts.
Copper Frances Giloth
Copper Frances Giloth has been Professor of Art at the University of Massachusetts since 1985; she currently teaches courses in Digital Media, Information Design, Mobile Apps and Drawing.
All images are © Copyright of the Artist 2019.
View Online Gallery
View Exhibiting Artist Contact Details
View a list of Exhibited Artwork
We started this for our 25th event. It proved such a success it has become a fixture of this annual event.
Organisations and Artist once again joined us in Memorial Hall (next to the House of Art) of networking, Promoting the Arts, and selling their members' artwork.
The Art Show Committee would like to thank:
Arts Center East
Friends of the Monson Free Library
Holyoke Art League
Monson Against Violence Everywhere - M.A.V.E
Quabbin Art Assn.
Scantic River Artisans
Springfield Photographic Society
Wilbraham Art League
Ceil Rossi
Juliet Rose Gallery
Letter Press Arts
Meg Bandarra Studios
Robert Floyd Photo Gallery and Learning Center
The Art Show Committee are extremely grateful to all our sponsors:
Major Sponsor: Monson Savings Bank
Media Sponsors:
Giclée of New England, Inc.
Mass Cultural Council
Moulton Insurance Agency Inc.
Real Oldies 1250 AM WARE
Roberts and Sons, Printing Inc.
Tree House Brewing Co.
Turley Publications, Inc.
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How Celia Cruz Saved an Amazon Night
By Ira Rifkin July 25, 2003
I came of age at just the right time to enjoy Celia Cruz — the greatest female singer salsa has ever produced — in her prime, and for her to help shape my lifelong musical tastes. Without her knowing it, she once helped get me out of a frightening situation in a drug-saturated Peruvian river town.
Some 40 years ago — between doo-wop and the Beatles — rock and roll was at a boring low point. Jazz did little for me (I preferred dancing over laid-back listening), and so somehow, this middle-class Jewish kid from Queens became a "mambonik."
The late DJ Symphony Sid, himself a Jew, was my radio mentor. Fidel Castro inadvertently supplied the talent by prompting scores of Cuba's top musicians to seek asylum in the United States. Celia Cruz, who died July 16 of brain cancer at 78, was one of them.
"Latin," the pre-salsa term we used, is party music, and I spent countless evenings dancing and partying (and doing things I hope my teenage son never emulates) at Manhattan's long-gone Palladium Ballroom. Sunday afternoons were spent at Basin Street East, and the days and nights in between were often spent cruising clubs and dancehalls from Brooklyn to the Bronx. And my parents wondered why I flunked out of City College.
Curiously, Latin also became a Borscht Belt mainstay, providing the inspiration for the storyline for the 1987 film "Dirty Dancing." I recall seeing Cruz backed by the legendary band La Sonora Matancera at the Raleigh Hotel in South Fallsburg, N.Y. It was an unforgettable night for the scores of young Jewish waiters, busboys and bellhops — and probably equally forgettable for the hotel's long-time paying customers who cared far more for tumblers than timbales. A few of my fellow travelers opted to dive full time into the music. One was the popular bandleader Larry Harlow, "El Judeo Maravilloso," as he bills himself.
Flash back to the night in 1974 when I was in the Peruvian Amazon town of Pucallpa — literally the end of the long road that made its way over the Andes from Lima and through coca country. I was there with a friend from Omaha named Judy (another Jew). Our plan was to travel downriver to Iquitos (where a community of Jewish merchants had once thrived) on our way into remote Indian territory, but that meant days of waiting for a departing riverboat.
Pucallpa then was a steamy frontier town frequented by drug dealers, prostitutes, hustlers and backpackers. Its streets were muddy trails, and its $1 hotel rooms offered scampering lizards but no fans. Too uncomfortable to sleep, Judy and I went looking that night for a cafe. Only one was open, and we took an outside table. I knew immediately I had made a mistake.
Judy was the only woman, and a gringa to boot. I, of course, was the only gringo. The one on-duty local cop was smoking marijuana and drinking beer with the roughest-looking guys there, all of them eyeing Judy as they drew me into conversation. He won't help me, I recall thinking of the cop.
But there was a jukebox stacked with great salsa, including Cruz and Harlow. Desperate for a human connection, I started jabbering in my limited Spanish about growing up in New York and listening and dancing to salsa. I topped it off by saying that I knew both Larry and Celia (I lied about her). The macho men eyed me suspiciously.
I put money in the jukebox and played some tunes. My selections prompted some of the guys to take notice, but prompted others to ask Judy to dance. Not a good thing, I concluded, and after a bit I cut in nervously to keep her out of anybody else's arms. I started to dance. And dance. And dance. I figured we were relatively safe as long as we kept moving.
Three decades ago I could still move pretty well on the dance floor, even when mortified. I hoped — prayed desperately is probably more like it — my dancing would give me an air of anti-macho machismo that would be understandable in local cafe culture and provide acceptance. And it did. No longer an outsider, my female friend was no longer fair game. It was now safe to indulge with the local cop.
My misspent youth had paid off. Cruz and Harlow had bailed me out. How sweet! Or as Cruz would say, azucar!
Ira Rifkin is the author of "Spiritual Perspectives on Globalization: Making Sense of Economic and Cultural Upheaval" (SkyLight Paths). He lives in Annapolis, Md.


Dulux names 'Spiced Honey' as their Colour of the Year for 2019.
'2018 was an unsettling and unpredictable time,' says Dulux, 'We were overwhelmed by the deluge of news, choices and demands upon our time, causing us to close up and retreat into spaces where we feel safe and cocooned. We pressed pause and took time to regroup.
'As we move forward into 2019, we find this pause has given people time to re-energise and deal with the sense of unpredictability with positive action, optimism and purpose. If the unpredictability of last year forced people to retreat and regroup, 2019 is the time for their awakening. We are ready to "Let in the Light".
Heleen van Gent, head of the Global Aesthetic Centre, who chairs the ColourFutures panel annually, explains: 'Every year, we seek to transform a trend into a colour that responds to consumer needs and enables them to bring a mood, affecting their life, in to their homes.
2019 marks the 16th year of the global ColourFutures annual trend forecast from Dulux, which involves an expert panel of colour designers, design specialists, trend forecasters, architects and editors from around the world joining together to discuss what we increasingly need from the spaces around us. Capturing a universal theme, they finally suggest a colour that suitably embodies the mood of the moment for the year ahead.


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Ocean Energy Systems (OES) is the short name for the Technology Collaboration Programme on Ocean Energy Systems, an intergovernmental collaboration between countries, founded in 2001, which operates under a framework established by the International Energy Agency (IEA) in Paris.
Established in 1974, the International Energy Agency (IEA) carries out a comprehensive programme of energy co-operation for its 29 member countries and beyond by examining the full spectrum of energy issues and advocating policies that will enhance energy security, economic development, environmental awareness and engagement worldwide.
Activities are set up under Technology Collaboration Programmes. These are independent bodies operating in a framework provided by the IEA. There are 42 currently active Technology Collaboration Programmes, one of which is the Ocean Energy Systems (OES).
The IEA Technology Collaboration Programmes (TCPs) are international groups of experts that enable governments and industries from around the world to lead programmes and projects on a wide range of energy technologies and related issues, from building pilot plants to providing policy guidance in support of energy security, economic growth and environmental protection. The first TCP was created in 1975.
To date, TCP participants have examined close to 2 000 topics. Today TCP participants represent more than 300 public and private-sector organisations from over 50 countries.
TCPs are governed by a flexible and effective framework and organised through an Implementing Agreement. TCP activities and programmes are managed and financed by the participants.
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